Improved broom-clasp



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

NELSON HOMES, OF LAONA, NEWT YORK.

IMPROVED BROOlVl-CLASP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,292, dated May 14, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON HOMES,4 ot' Laona, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a ne7 and Improved Adjustable Broom-Clasp; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and eXact description ot the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure-:lis a broom orbrush with the clasp applied to it, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clasp.

This invention consists in a clasp that can be adjusted to all sizes of brooms or brushes with their different angles for the purpose of holding the brush or material in its proper place While new, or so long as is necessary in the Wear of the same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, IA will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A A AA are four thin slips or bars of metal or anyother material arranged in two pairs, each pair held together attheir in ner ends by means of the small ilat hooks C O C CO C, these hooks being turned so as to set loosely on the slips or bars A A A A, leaving them at liberty to slide together each way, as is shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The slips or bars A A A A are' attached at their outer ends, by means of pivoted joints act o, o, to flexible or inflexible bands L L, leaving` said bands at liberty to turn ontheir pivoted joints to accommodate any angle required.

To operate and apply this invention I draw the slips or bars A A A A apart suiciently to pass it over the handle of the broom, and then placing it at anyproper point on the brush or material that will accomplish the greatest good in securing it in its proper place, then sliding the slips or bars A AA A together in the center until the bands L L are made to adjust themselves by means of their pivoted joints a ct d a to the angle of the broom, securing it in its proper place, and then to be fastened by means of cord through the holes 1I H H H, or in any other proper manner.

It will be seen by the above description that this clasp is made to be adjusted and applied to all sizes of brooms or brushes until the brush or materialis Worn up so as to be held sufficiently secure in the ordinary Way, and in this Way the above clasp can be applied to a great number of brooms ata mere triliing expense in proportion to the great amount saved in its facility for sweeping and its Wearand tear, which always occurs to a broom While new in the ordinary Way.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the bars or slips-AA A A and bands L L in their application to brooms and brushes, as herein described, the whole being arranged and operating substan tially as and for the purpose set forth.

N. HOMES. Witnesses:

E. D. Hoi/ins, F. I. SKIDMORE. 

